The Gottesacker in the center was heroically defended by a Prussian battalion under Major von Langen against a ten-fold superiority of Austrian regiments. At around 10:00 am they ran out of ammunition, and their failure with bayonets and sabers was drowned out in the hail of fire. Only a few of these brave heroes survived and Major von Langen was mortally wounded. Field Marshal Keith and Prince Franz von Braunschweig (a brother-in-law of Frederick the Great) were also killed in action and Prince Moritz von Dessau was fatally wounded and carried off the battlefield.

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The reason for the place name and a street name created by the battle

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With memorials from the battle of 1758. There is also a museum in town.

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